Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16577, Timothy Foster, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Foster, Timothy Nesire
N 16577
CONTENTS

Utica N o 24,694
Timothy Foster
of Oneida Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Jones of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cook in the Conniet. Troops time for 14 months & 3 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Utica at the rate of 47 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Feby 1834 and sent to Sam d Dakin New Hartford Oneida Co. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833 117 50 Semi-ant. allowance ending 6 March '34 23 50
$140.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk
Book E.
Vol. 4
Page 2

Albany 750
Desire Foster widow of Timothy Foster
who died on the 11. April 1834 of Oneida Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the commanded by Captain commanded by Col. Cook in the Conn. time for 14 months & 3 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 47 Dollars Cents per annu to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of April 1837 and sent to Jonathan [redacted] Richardson, New Hartford, N. York
Arrears to the 14th of March '37. 141.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 1st Sept. 23.50
$164.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 — }
Recorded by D. Brown Book — Vol. 1 —
Clerk Page 130

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832. —
State of New York } County of Oneida } ss.
On this 26 th day of August in the year 1833 personally appeared in open court before Nathan Williams vice Chancellor of the Fifth Circuit of the state of New York, in the court of Chancery, now sitting. Timothy Foster resident of NewHartford in the county of Oneida state of New York aged upwards of eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - viz —
That in the former part of the year 1776 he belonged to the Regiment of Militia of the state of Connecticut commanded by Colo. Joseph P. Cook; Daniel Starr was Major, & Ebenezer Jones was captain of the company to which the said Foster belonged - that the said Regiment, on an alarm being given of the enemy's approach, was called into service & the said Foster marched with said Regiment from Ridgefield in the county of Fairfield & state of Connecticut where he then resided, to York Island where he remained in the service of the Revolutionary war as a private soldier the full term of six months & was then discharged. During this tour of service he was in a battle or skirmish with the British at Harlem Plains where the British were repulsed & driven back.
In the same year 1776 towards the latter part of it he again joined the army of the United States as a private soldier and voluntary substitute at Ridgefield aforesaid, for one Thaddeus Smith. Colo. Joseph P. Cook was Colo. of the Regiment, Daniel Starr Captain John Voorbridge Lieutenant & Silas Hull Ensign of the company to which the said Foster then belonged. Immediately after joining the army as aforesaid he marched from Ridgefield aforesaid to the city of New York & spent three months in this tour of service, during which time he was engaged in several skirmishes with the British and on the Retreat of the Revolutionary army to Harlem Heights he was in the retreat to that place where he was discharged.
In the 1778 he was drafted at Ridgefield aforesaid as a private soldier for the term of three months in said service & placed in the company of militia commanded by Capt Ebenezer Jones. Silas Hull was Lieutenant, the Colonel's name cannot be recollected. Immediately after being drafted he marched from Ridgefield aforesaid to White Plains in the state of New York. In this tour & under this draft he served the full term of three months & was then discharged at White Plains.

3- In the year 1779 he was again drafted as a private soldier in said service at Ridgefield aforesaid for the term of three months & was placed in the company of Capt. Comfort Starr. The Colonel's name cannot be recollected - Major Hecox was an officer of the Regiment to which said company belonged. Immediately after joining said company he marched from Ridgefield aforesaid to Housneck in Connecticut & was engaged in several skirmishes with the enemy. In this tour of service he spent three months & was then regularly discharged.
3- In the same year 1779 he was again drafted for said service as a private soldier for the term of three months & placed in the company commanded by Capt. Knowls Sears. He is not able to recollect the names of other officers at this time. Immediately after, he marched from Ridgefield aforesaid to Whiteplains & Morrisena in the state of New York. In this tour of service he spent three months & was then regularly discharged.
At the time Fairfield in Connecticut was burned he was called out again in said service under Silas Hull as Lieutenant & marched from Ridgefield to Fairfield & spent one week in said service as a private soldier. — Soon after he was discharged from the last mentioned tour, news was received that the British troops were landing at a place called Cumpso, and he was again called out under the said Lieut. Silas Hull & marched from Ridgefield to Cumpso & was engaged in a skirmish with the enemy, & spent two weeks in said service & was then discharged. — When Norwalk was burned he was again called out & marched from from Ridgefield to Norwalk; but he is not able to recollect the names of any officers on this occasion. In this tour he spent two weeks & was engaged in a smart skirmish with the British troops. — At another time he was again called out & marched from Ridgefield aforesaid to Whiteplains the state of in New York in Capt. Jones Company. Major Ezra Starr was an officer of the Regiment at this time. In this tour he spent three weeks. At another time news was received  received that the British had landed at a place called Crom pond southerly of Fishkill in the state of New York, & he marched with others from Ridgefield to Crom pond & from thence to Paskkill. In this tour he spent two weeks & was discharged at Paskkill. — When the British attacked Stoneypoint he was again called out & marched in Comfort Starr's Company, Silas Hull being Lieutenant, to Stoneypoint where he served three weeks and was then discharged.

14.3 During the progress of the Revolutionary war the said Foster was often called out, on alarms being given & marched from Ridgefield aforesaid to various places other & different from those above described & not one year of the war passed without more or less of these calls, & as he lived in the immediate neighborhood of the operations of the enemy these calls for service were very frequent and often very urgent. Of these last mentioned tours of service he spent one year & three months in addition to the before specified tours of service and the whole as a private soldier of the Revolution.
And the said Foster further says that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot state & swear more positively or specifically to his services or the names of his officers than he has done as aforesaid. And he further states that he has made diligent enquiry but has not been able to find but one  any person who was acquainted with his services as aforesaid by whom he can prove any part of the same; for although may know them at the time yet his old acquaintances in said service are either gone down to the land of silence & death or reside in places unknown to him.
And the said Foster further states in answer to the several interrogatories prescribed by the War Department as follows -
To the first interrogatory he states that he was born at Ridgefield aforesaid on the eighth day of June in the year 1749.
To the second - that he has a record or memorandum of his birth in his family Bible now in his possession.
To the third - that he lived at Ridgefield aforesaid at the several times he was called into service as aforesaid - that he resided at Ridgefield aforesaid till the commencement of the Revolutionary war - during the same & about five years after its close - then he removed to Catskill in the state of New York where he resided about fourteen years - then removed to Litchfield in Herkimer County in said state where he resided till the spring of the present year - then removed to New Hartford aforesaid where he now resides.
To the fourth - that he was sometimes called out as a militia man, sometimes drafted - once volunteered as a substitute as aforesaid.
To the fifth - that the names of Officers so far as he recollects them are stated in the forgoing details of service.
To the sixth - that he never received, as he now believes any written discharge but once which is lost.
To the seventh - that he is known to Deacon Gustavus Kilburn & the Rev. Noah Coo who can testify reside in his present neighborhood & who can testify as to his character as to veracity & the belief of the neighborhood & their own, of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.

And the said Foster further states that he is now over seventy  eighty four years of age and has no written or documentary evidence of his services but confidently relies on the present declaration a traditional proof; & hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present as a private soldier & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any Agency in any state.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me. Timothy Foster N. Williams Vice Chancll.
We, Noah Goe a Clergyman residing in the town of New Hartford aforesaid and Gustavus Kilburn residing in the same town, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Timothy Foster who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be over eighty four years of age - that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he & we reside to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion & belief.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me. Noah Goe Gustavus Kilburn N. Williams Vice Chancl.
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Noah Goe who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of New Hartford aforesaid & that Gustavus Kilburn who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
N. Williams Vice Chancl.
I James Watson Williams Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the state of New York for the fifth circuit of said state do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Timothy Foster for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this twenty eighth day of August, A.D. 1833.
James Watson Williams Clerk in Chancery 5th Circuit N.Y.

State of New York }
Oneida County } In compliance with an Act of Congress passed the 4th day of July 1836. The following declaration is made for the purpose of obtaining the same amount of Pension that was her husband Timothy Foster late of the town of New Hartford deceased was entitled to have to receive under an act of Congress passed the 7th June 1822 On the 3 d day of October in the year 1836 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon ble Abiram Densio Esqr Vice Chancellor of the fifth circuit of the State of New York now sitting in the City of Utica County and State aforesaid,
Deborah Foster a resident of the town of New Hartford Oneida County and State aforesaid who first being duly sworn according to Law declares and saith that she was born June the 8 th A d 1749 and is now 87 years of age that according to her best knowledge she was born in the town of Richfield Fairfield County State of Connecticut and this deponent further declares that she was married to Timothy Foster on the 19 th day of November 1772 and the Rev d M c Camp the clergyman of the Parish in the town Richfield where the said Timothy Foster and herself resided at the time they were married who performed the marriage ceremony and this deponent further declares that her oldest child James S. Foster was born the 11 th day of August 1774 and is now living that she had five children by the said Timothy her husband three sons and two daughters and her youngest child a daughter was born the the 10 th day of January 1785 and this deponent declares that her husband Timothy Foster was in the service a considerable part of the time during the Revolutionary war this deponent and her husband then residing near Long Island SOUNDS and a small distant from the Alarm gun so called that was fired to give notice of the approach of of enemy viz the British and refugees that were very troublesome to those who resided near the Sound

and this deponent declares that her husband was in the service and in the action that was fought when Gen l Worcester was slain that he fell but a few rods from her door that a num- -ber of bullets were fired into the house in which this deponent then resided that Capt Davenport who was slain in that battle was brought into her house a corps, Lieut Smith who received a mortal wound was also brought into her house and died of his wounds before he was removed this deponent further declares that their house was a shelter for many of the American soldiers who were wounded as it was also for a British soldier who was wounded and brought into the house and this deponent further declares that the said Timothy and family resided in Richfield till 1786 at which time the said Timothy with his fami- -ly removed to the town of Catskill Green County & State of New York that her husband Timothy Foster died on the 11th day of April 1834 then re- siding in the town of New Hartford Oneida County New York and this deponent further declares that the said Timothy her late husband was a pensioner under an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he was en- titled to receive the sum of Forty Seven Dollars under said act that the certificate of pension was given at the War Office of the United States this 7th day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty four. J. L. C. G. A. S. Secretary of War Examined and Countersigned } J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Then & there called in open Court the 3 rd day of October 1836 Before me St. Clerks Vice Chf.
her Desire X Foster mark

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Timothy Foster a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
77.16577
(not verified by Conn. book)
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1776 { 6 mos. Private Ebenezer Jones Joseph P. Cook Conn.   { 3 mos. " Daniel Starr " "   1778 { 3 mos. " Ebenezer Jones ✓ "   1779 { 3 mos. " Comfort Starr ✓ "   { 3 mos. " Timothy Starr ✓ "   also served short terms at various times Lt. Col. Hall & above officers { {at burning of Fairfield & Norwalk, skirmish at Compt.  
Battles engaged in, Harlem Plains & Ridgefield.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug 26, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, New Hartford, Oneida Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born June 8, 1749 at Ridgefield, Conn.
Remarks: He was at Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Conn. Nov. 19, 1772. Deere leaves town June 3, 1749  he died Apr. 11, 1834 at New Hartford, N.Y. & she was allowed pens. on her appl. accepted Oct. 3, 1836, while a resident of New Hartford N.Y. They had 2 sons & 2 daus: James L. (oldest) born Aug. 1772; dau. _____ (youngest) born Jan'y. 20, 1785. no other names stated. Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
awj aw
November 1, 1923.
Henry R. Drowne, Frances Tavern, Corner Broad & Pearl Sts., New York City.
Sir;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 16577 , it appears that Timothy Foster was born June 8, 1749, at Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and while residing there enlisted in 1776 and served during that year six months as a private in Captain Ebenezer Jones' Company, Colonel Joseph P. Cook's Connecticut Regiment and three months in Captain Daniel Starr's Company in same regiment. He was in the battle of Harlem. He was in the battle of Ridgefield, Connecticut, which was fought near their residence.
In 1778, he served three months in Captain Ebenezer Jones' Company, in 1779, he served three

months in Captain Comfort Starr's Company and again in 1779, served three months in Captain Knowles Sears' Company.
He also served several short tours at various times under Lieutenant Silas Hall and Captain Jones, was at the burning of Fairfield and Norwalk and a skirmish at Compo.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 26, 1832, while a resident of New Hartford, Oneida County, New York. He died at New Hartford, New York, April 11, 1834.
Soldier married at Ridgefield, Connecticut, November 19, 1772, Desire Sears, who was born June 8, 1749, she was allowed pension on her application executed October 3, 1838, while living in New Hartford, New York.
They had three sons and two daughters; James J. (the oldest) born August 11, 1774, only name stated; the youngest, a daughter, was born January 20, 1785.
There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Sons of the Revolution
in the State of New York
Fraunces Tavern
Corner Broad & Pearl Streets
New York City
September 20, 1923.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you please send me the Revolutionary Service of Giles Foster, who was placed on the Pension Roll August 10, 1833 for services as a Private in the New York Militia during the Revolution, and whose name appears on the Pension Roll of New York State, page 332. Also the Revolutionary Service of Timothy Foster, placed on the Pension Roll February 7, 1834 for services as Private in the Connecticut Militia during the Revolutionary War and whose name appears on the New York Pension Roll, page 360.
Yours very truly,
Kenny R. Rouse Secretary.
HRD/MW

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
No. 165-77
Desire Foster
Widow of
Timothy Foster
80 yrs old
Act July 1 st 86
Index: Vol. a , Page 248
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1914 Nov. 13. History to H. C. Shurtleff. letter in B. 13051 Lilla Foster. P. 1923 Nov. 1 - Hist to Henry R. Braine

New York
Albany Agency (late Whitney )
Timothy Foster a prisoner under the act of June 7, 1832 at the rate of $47.00 per Ann - to what time paid?
John Harry Esq
Viral Luce
To the Hon. March 1834
918

Rev. Samuel G. Howland
Rev. Timothy D. Dyer
See if papers are on file
Washington City
Secretary of War
Lewis Cass
FREE

FREE
Revolutionary Claims. AUG 31 NEW BEDFORD N.Y.
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of war
Washington City
Mr. [unclear] Timothy [unclear] due if [unclear] on file

New Hartford Oneida County N.Y.
August 30. 1833.
Hon Lewis Cass —
On the return of Timothy Foster's I called on him & having ascertained that by chance he had found an old acquaintance who had seen him in the service, & who had come from a distant part of the country to reside a spell in New Hartford & learning also that in the former declaration he had omitted to state the first six months term of his service, I advised him to make out a new declaration - which I now enclose, with affidavit of one, & the only witness he can procure. I doubt not but the matter will meet with due attention & the old worn out soldier be allowed his pension to cheer the few days he may yet remain among us. He is a very respectable man but poor. —
Respectfully
Please forward his certificate, when allowed, to me
Your Obt. Servt Samuel Dake

State of New York } Oneida County ss. }
Samuel Foster being more than seventy two years of age, being duly sworn according to law testifies & says that in the year 1776 he was a private soldier of the Revolutionary army & was on duty in the city of New York & was well acquainted with Timothy Foster then of Ridgefield in Connecticut & now of New Hartford in the county of Oneida & state of New York, that he, the said Samuel, saw the said Timothy Foster then engaged in the service of the Revolutionary army in the city of New York & in the Regiment of Col. Joseph P. Cook & that while he was so engaged he saw the said Timothy several times in New York engaged in said service. But this depo- nent was in another Regiment & is not able to state more definitely than as aforesaid. —
And the said Samuel Foster further testifies that in the year 1777 he again saw the said Timothy Foster near Poughkeepsie on the north River, on the march embarked with a portion of the army of the Revolution. — And this deponent further testifies that at another time, this deponent is not able to state what year, he saw the said Timothy Foster at Housatonic in the state of Connecticut engaged in the service of the Revolutionary army. And it was generally reported & believed by his acquaintances that the said Timothy Foster was frequently called into said service & whenever so called upon always went & performed his duty. —
Samuel Foster
I certify that on the 12 th day of August 1833 the above named Samuel Foster personally & made solemn oath to the truth of the above. And I further certify that I am acquainted with Samuel Foster & that he is a credible person his statement is entitled to credit.
Saml Dake

29,550
In the matter of the ap- plication of Timothy Foster, for a pension. =
Admitted Proviso 14th & 3 days
✓

State of New York
Clerks Office Oneida County ss I George Brown Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Samuel Dakin Esq before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a justice of the peace in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and Verily believe his name subscribed thereto to be his own proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and the seal of said County this 30 th day of August A.D. 1833
Geo. Brown Clerk J. J. Read Deputy Clerk

we James J Foster & Gilbert A Foster of the Town of Cobleskill in the County of Schoharie do hereby declare that we are well acquainted with Desire Foster who made oath to and subscribed the foregoing declaration that we believe her to be eighty seven years of age that we know not only from common repute but from our own knowledge that the said Timothy Foster and Desire Foster cohabited and lived together as husband and wife that they resided together at the time the said Timothy died that he left a widow who is now living whose name is Desire Foster that the said Timothy Foster was a Pensioner of the United States & the said Desire has not married since James J Foster Gilbert A Foster Sworn to & affirmed & subscribed October 3 d 1836. before me
A Deems V. Ch
State of New York } Oneida County } Personally appeared Ebenezer Leach and being duly sworn he testified that he had read the preceding affidavits of James J Foster & Gilbert A Foster, and that he knows the facts therein stated to be true. E Leach Sworn to & subscribed this 27 th day of October 1836 Before me
A Deems V. Ch.
I, James Watson Williams, Clerk of the Court of Sessions of the State of New York for the Fifth Circuit thereof, do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Desire Foster for a pension. - In testimony whereof I have affixed my hand & seal of Office this 7 th day of Nov r 1836.
James Watson Williams.
Clerk in Ordinary 5 th Circuit N.Y.

State of New York } Oneida County }
Personally appeared Naomi Rider who first being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that that she is now more than seventy two years of age that she has been acquainted with Desire Foster who now resides in the town of New Hartford Oneida County and this deponent saith that she was well acquainted with the said Desire Foster when she resided in the town of Richfield Fairfield County State of Connecticut This deponent residing in the same town and not more than one mile from the place where the said Desire resided and this deponent further saith that she was well acquainted with the said Desire Foster before she married Timothy Foster and has been acquainted with her ever since and this deponent further saith that she has been to the home of the said Timothy Foster when he resided in the town of Richfield Fairfield County and knows that the said Timothy Foster and Desire lived together as husband and wife ever since her earliest recollection that she well remembers when the said Desire Foster first child was born that his name is James S. Foster that she has been acquainted with him from his infancy till the present time that she often sees the said James and this deponent further saith that the said Desire Foster has had five children that the said Timothy Foster has always lived with the said Desire his wife until the said Timothy died which was two years last spring and this deponent further saith that the said Timothy Foster and his wife Desire resided in the same town where this deponent now resides viz Litchfield Herkimer County New York more than twenty eight years that the said Timothy and his wife moved from Litchfield to the town of New Hartford about four years since and this deponent saith that the said Desire Foster has not married since the death of the said Timothy to her knowledge and this deponent further saith that the said Timothy Foster and the said Desire were married before the Revolutionary war commenced being well acquainted with the said Timothy and Desire before the and during the Revolutionary war and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and Subscribed This 30th day of September 1836 before me Jonathan Richardson Justice
her Naomi X Rider mark
State of New York } Oneida County } I James S. Foster of the town of New Hartford county aforesaid who is to me well known who is a credible person being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Naomi Rider who signed the above deponent and is a credible person and her affidavit is entitled to full credit
James S. Foster
Affirmed and Subscribed this 30th day of September 1836 before me Jonathan Richardson J. Justice

State of New York Oneida County } ss
Personally appeared James S. Foster a resident of the town of New Hartford County aforesaid who first being duly sworn according to law deposeth and says that he is sixty two years of age that he is a son of Timothy and Desire Foster and this deponent further saith that the said Timothy Foster died on the 11th day of April 1834 that the said Timothy and Desire resided in this deponents family at the time he died that the said Desire now resides in this deponents family that the said Desire has not married since the said Timothys decease
James S. Foster
Affirmed and subscribed Oct. 8 th 1836
Bequeath
A Decree
V. C. A.
State of New York Oneida County ss Clerks Affirm
I John R. Leland Clerk of the County Courts of the County aforesaid do certify that Jonathan Richardson Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and duly qualified to act as such, that his commission is dated the first day of January A.D. 1836 and will expire on the 31st day of December A.D. 1839. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature to the within affidavits are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County of Oneida and subscribed my name this 7th day of November A.D. 1836.
John R. Leland Clerk By Anderson Raper Deputy Clerk

This may certify that Deacon Stephen Sears personally appeared before me this 9th day of February 1837 and testified and says that he will be seventy four years old on the 3 rd day of next month and that he was born in the Town of South East Dutches County and State of New York in the year 1763 and says that he was acquainted with Desire Sears who resided with with her Father in the Town of Richfield County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut and says that she the said Desire was Sister to his Father and says that he was present when the said Desire Sears was Married to Timothy Foster and saw the Rev Mr Camp Marry and pronounce them man and wife when he was about ten years of age, and says that the said Timothy & Desire Foster shortly after removed some three or four miles to the center of said Town of Richfield where they lived in and during the Revolutionary War, where he says he frequently visited them and considered them man & Wife ever since
Subscribed and sworn
this 9th day of February 1837 before me
Stephen Sears
Samuel Campbell one of the Justices of the Peace of the Town of Colesville County of Chenango & State of New York
See Volume 1 P

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
CHENANGO COUNTY } ss. Clerk's Office,
I, PEREZ RANDALL, Clerk of the county of Chenango, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said county, do hereby certify, that Samuel Campbell - Esquire, was on the ninth day of February 1837 a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity: And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature to the annexed Affidavit or Certificate to be his proper hand writing.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said county, and subscribed my name this 20th day of February 1837
P. Randall. Clerk

Stats of mind both } New Bedford November 28 th Orinda County } 1836
Further Proof in this case is here with transmitted
February the 27 th 1837
Jonathan Pease Private my mind and then
Jonathan Pease for Eng. & N. York New York

State of New York } New Hartford November 28 th Oneida County } 1836
No 573 Susie Foster Sec.
Widow of Timothy Foster
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir I send you the application of Susie Foster now residing the town of New Hartford for a Pension to entitle her to draw the same amount that her late husband Timothy Foster drew Plus to direct any communication that may be made to Jonathan Richardson New Hartford Oneida County New York
Yours very Obedient Servt Jonathan Richardson
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir the declaration of Susie Foster for a Pension having been returned as deficient, further proof having been required I herewith send you the affidavit of Stephen Sears and presume that will be satisfactory proof the said Stephen being present and saw the marriage ceremony performed as appears by the affidavit of the said Stephen no certificate being given nor record can be found of their marriage it cannot be expected after an elapse of 65 years every particular relating to the marriage can so minutely be found as though it had been of a more recent date therefore it is hoped that some allowance will and be made in this case I am informed that the clergyman Mr Camp has been dead many years and others who were then present are

no more; you will please to direct any communication on this subject to me your Obedt Servant
New Bedford February the 27 1837
Jonathan Richardson